Akihito Kanbara

A young man who loves girls with glasses, is half-Yomu, and is thus immortal. His mother is a busy Spirit World Warrior, and is often away from home. He meets Mirai when simply walking outside of her school and seeing her standing on the edge of the roof. Unaware of her powers, he mistakenly assumes that she's about to commit suicide. Their relationship begins with Mirai constantly attacking him as practice, but blossoms into a close friendship after he accompanies her on ventures to kill violent Yomu.

Brought Down to Normal: When he had the Beyond the Boundary removed for 3 months, he lacked his immortality and was able to control his youmu side. Snapped back after he returns the Beyond the Boundary to being inside him.

Butt Monkey: Mirai uses him as a practice dummy, Mitsuki labels him a pervert and teases him, Hiroomi gives him weird nicknames...this guy doesn't get much respect.

Childhood Friends: With Mitsuki and Hiroomi. Although it's implied that Hiroomi and Mitsuki are less "friends" and more "guardians" to make sure The Kyoukai No Kanata doesn't go berserk.

Chivalrous Pervert: He's pervert with a huge glasses fetish, but he really cares about Mirai.

Dark and Troubled Past: Implied. The second episode shows Akihito standing over a body, staring in horror at his bloody hands. Episodes 4 and 5 reveal he actually did almost kill Hiroomi. There's also the events shown partially from his childhood about being ostracized because of his immortality.

I Am Who?: He knows he's an immortal half-youmu, what he doesn't know is he possess the Beyond the Boundary, the strongest youmu inside him.

I Cannot Self-Terminate: States in Episode 0 that death is the best option for him, and later tries to convince Hiromi to kill him when his when his ability to control his Spirit Warrior powers improves.

Immortality Hurts: Despite his regeneration, he frequently complains that his injuries still hurt.

I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: After Mirai comes back with no memory of him or her powers in I'll Be Here, Akihito decides to forego making her remember in order to let her live a happier life.

Lovable Sex Maniac: He proudly proclaims his glasses fetish to the world and apparently pays good money for pictures of bespectacled hotties in Fanservice-y costumes.

Minor Living Alone: His mother is always traveling, so Akihito pretty much lives on his own.

My God, What Have I Done?: After Mirai snaps him out of youmu mode in Episode 4. He merely Face Palms when he sees Hiromi, Nino and Ayaka sprawled around him, but then sees Mirai's head injury, realizes he's to blame and is furious.

Non-Action Guy: Despite hanging out with Spirit World Warriors, he doesn't have any combat skills. Until he gets an Eleventh Hour Superpower in Episode 12 and can partially control his youmu side at least.

Oblivious to Love: In Episode 10, he misses the hints Sakura gives him about the obvious reason Mirai is taking care of him.

Ordinary High-School Student: Just a normal high school student who also happens to be an immortal half-youmu and ends up as the practice dummy of a girl with a sword made of blood. It's later revealed he is actually the host for an immensely powerful Youmu known as Beyond the Boundary or Kyokai no Kanata.

Person of Mass Destruction: When his youmu side is in control, he's strong enough that it takes 3 people to contain him, and even that wasn't enough in episode 4. One stray ball of fire caused a humongous explosion several kilometers away and he created a gigantic crater around the site of his containment.

Playing with Fire: Appears to be his main method of attack when possessed by his youmu side.

Strange Minds Think Alike: He and Hiroomi. Hiroomi's quirks aside, they are very, very much alike. They generally act like they practice their interactions with each other. Nino-san actually calls them out on it in episode 7.

Super-Powered Evil Side: After another youmu possesses him, his youmu side goes out of control, turning him into a fireball-spewing rage monster. This apparently happens regularly, and his handlers may have to kill him if they can't contain his crazy-mode.

Took a Level in Badass: Episode 12, as he has part of the Kyoukai no Kanata in his hand he has access to some of it powers. He later reseals the Youmu inside of him again.

Mirai Kuriyama

A young girl who is descended from a clan of Spirit World Warriors who are capable of manipulating their blood and turning it into weapons. Since this power was highly feared and envied, her clan was wiped out, and she was eventually the only remaining member. At first she constantly attacks Akihito because of his immortality, thus making him a good means of training, but becomes close friends with him after he agrees to help her fight normal Yomu.

A-Cup Angst: Not brought up much, but it's clear that Mirai is somewhat sensitive about her small bust.

Accidental Murder: She accidentally killed her friend Yui Inami when the latter was possessed by the Hollow Shadow.

Action Girl: For an inexperienced Spirit Warrior, Mirai can kick ass like no one's business.

Action Girlfriend: Before meeting her, Akihito tried to simply live as a normal high school student and didn't get much involved with the Spirit World despite being the son of a Spirit World Warrior and a half-youmu. Once Mirai becomes his friend, he accompanies her on ventures to kill violent youmu.

All of the Other Reindeer: Due to the blood powers of her clan, Mirai is treated as an outcast by other Spirit Warriors. Even when she was adopted by the Inami family, she was kept isolated because of her powers and Yui was her Only Friend.

Almost Kiss: In Akihito's dream. Whether she was too overwhelmed or simply couldn't stand on tiptoe for that long, either way, she disappears before anything further can happen as Akihito wakes from his coma.

Character Tic: Turning her back on the camera and tapping on her phone, apparently blogging while asking rhetorical questions. It's usually only used as a gag though.

Clingy Jealous Girl: In episode 7, while visiting Akihito at his apartment to return something he forgot to take home, she notices a girl's pair of shoes by his door. She immediately gets upset and starts questioning him on who's visiting him, and at one point wonders if it's Hiroomi.

Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: In the initial episodes, Mirai is presented as too clumsy and inept to really be considered a threat. However, after she gets over her angst over killing Yui Inami, she suddenly starts kicking all sorts of ass.

Cry Cute: When she was lost, and again after she calms down Youmu-Akihito.

Cursed with Awesome: She's cursed with powerful blood powers that allow her to use her own blood as a sword, a shield and acid.

Cute Clumsy Girl: Particularly in the first few episodes, she had a habit of tripping over frequently.

Dark and Troubled Past: When she was a child, Mirai was adopted by the Inami family. She was kept isolated in the attic, but was befriended by Yui, a member of the Inami family. Mirai and Yui were close friends until the day that the Hollow Shadow swept into town. Mirai and Yui were caught in its wake, leading to Yui getting possessed. Mirai accidentally killed Yui while trying to fight off the Hollow Shadow.

Fantastic Racism: She initially has no qualms stabbing Akihito as she claims because he's a youmu, he can deal with it. She noticeably gets better. It was really all part of her trying to figure out how to kill him, as per Izumi's plan.

The Glasses Come Off: Takes off her glasses before her final strike against Beyond the Boundary/Akihito in Episode 9. It's all the more meaningful considering it's an attempt to stop her love for him from blinding her (as it forces her to keep seeing his face throughout the fight) and it's the thing he loves that drew him to Mirai in the first place.

Mundane Utility: Her blood can be used as a sword, as a corrosive substance to finish off youmu...and to pick locks.

Not So Different: From Akihito. At first, Mirai rejects Akihito's attempts at sympathizing with her, arguing that Akihito couldn't possibly understand. After Mirai witnesses Akihito's Super-Powered Evil Side in action, she realizes that he really did understand what she was going through.

Overdrawn at the Blood Bank: Rule of Cool applies, but she still frequently uses several times the amount of blood a human body contains within a single fight. Deconstructed after Episode 10; she used so much blood attacking the Beyond the Boundary that she doesn't exist anymore.

Perpetual Poverty: Always seems to be struggling for money, to the point that she seems to barely be able to cover rent, and often seems to go hungry. Episode 6 reveals that a big part of that is due to her obsession with buying and maintaining bonsai trees.

These Hands Have Killed: At the end of episode 2, she tells Akihito not to get involved any further with her. When he asks why, she says that she killed someone before. Episode 3 reveals she killed a close friend, Yui Inami, a daughter of the family that took her in, after she was possessed by the Hollow Shadow.

Mitsuki Nase

Mitsuki is the youngest daughter of the Nase clan, a wealthy and powerful clan of Spirit Warriors, and shares the family power of creating cages, primarily defensive shields. She also uses a rodent-like youmu familiar in combat. Mitsuki is the president of the Literature Club and friends with Akihito; evidently this means she's constantly teasing him. However, underneath her initial unapproachable exterior is a Lonely Rich Kid who would very much like to have friends.

Just a Kid: This does happen to her because she is the youngest out of her family. She finally defies this in Episode 12 when she enters the fight with her siblings, Sakura, and Ninomiya against Miroku.

Lonely Rich Kid: Izumi tells her in a flashback that as Spirit Warriors, they're always going to be alone, moreso for Mitsuki as she's a daughter of the powerful Nase clan. She isn't shown to have plenty of friends outside the main cast.

Ojou: She comes from a well-known and very rich Spirit Warrior family, although she doesn't act in a particularly haughty or refined way.

Pet the Dog: Despite telling Akihito to avoid further contact with Mirai, Mitsuki treats Mirai nicely. Mitsuki helps the other girl find Ayaka's shop when the latter got lost and offered Mirai the gemstone after killing a youmu.

Hiroomi Nase

Hiroomi is the middle child of the Nase clan and Mitsuki's older brother. Much to her dismay, this also means he claims to have a sister complex, and much of his interactions with his sister result in her reprimanding him for his behavior. (They really do love each other, though). He's also friends with Akihito, with whom he gets along spectacularly.

Hiroomi shares his family's cage-erecting powers. He also fights with his scarf, which is enchanted to erase parts of the user's body.

Ambiguously Gay: Towards Akihito of all people. He has total and complete disregard of his personal space, insists on calling him by an embarrassing nickname, and seems to be the only one who constantly worries about the others wellbeing. There is also a lingering look or two and an Out-of-Character Moment.

In Episode 0 there are some parellels between his first meeting/encounter of Akihito and Mirai's. Including him originally there to kill him.

Badass: Someone who can use a barrier to block the Hollow Shadow while simultaneously fending off dozens of youmu deserves this title.

Broken Pedestal: Spent his life wanting to be like his older sister Izumi. In Episode 12, he acknowledges that he has to move past this, because the same episode reveals Izumi harbors a shade in her body herself.

Childhood Friends: With Akihito. Although it's implied that Hiroomi and Mitsuki are less "friends" and more "guardians" to make sure Akihito's youmu side doesn't go berserk.

Covered with Scars: He's got some serious scars on his back. Episodes 4 and 5 reveal that Akihito did this to him after having lost control of his Youmu side.

The Gadfly: He enjoys teasing Akihito way too much and actively creates situations that make him uncomfortable.

Improbable Weapon User: His scarves work by erasing parts of the target's body. Justified, since they're probably magic.

Incest Subtext: One-sided and played for laughs. He openly admits that he has a sister complex and enjoys reading literature that involve little sisters. His sister, on the other hand, does not appreciate Hiroomi's sentiments. He tones it down about the time the shows halfway point rolls around and it looks more like he has more of a Big Brother Instinct than a sis-con.

Mr. Fanservice: Bishounen, had a shirtless scene. In the third Idol Trial short, he is naked except for his scarf. And the animators made sure we had a good look. They even played up the Ho Yay he had with Akihito to Akihito's displeasure.

The Nicknamer: Hiroomi gives Akihito the nickname Akkey, to the latter's displeasure. According to Akihito, it makes him sound like a washed-up pop star.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In order to see if his sisters' goals are as benign as they seem, he sneaks into the family vault and does some investigating... And forgets to lock the door behind him. This gives Miroku the opportunity he needs to steal the Hollow Shadow's Yomu Stone and feed its power to his staff.

Scarf of Asskicking: He actually uses it in battle. And he has more than one. We have seen four as of episode 7. He wears them because his powers as a Spirit World Warrior make him extremely sensitive even to the slightest cold.

Strange Minds Think Alike: He and Akihito. Hiroomi's quirks aside, they are very, very much alike. They generally act like they practice their interactions with each other.

Yayoi is introduced in a holographic post-card message, in which she is wearing a skimpy cat-themed costume, using every Japanese cat-related pun possible. On career day, she dressed up in a panda suit and pretended to be one of the students.

In episode 8, Akihito's mother appears again in another holographic post card. This time she's wearing a very Stripperiffic hamster outfit while talking like a Valley Girl. Akihito actually went into a semi-Heroic BSOD out of embarrassment.

Inciting Incident: In a sense, she's to blame for the entire events of the series. In Episode 0 she drops a capsule containing blood in front of Mitsuki, who shares that it came with a label stating that being cursed blood, it is effective in countering youmu Akihito, thus leading Izumi to seek out Mirai as a means to defeat Akihito for good.

Very Punchable Man: Her demeanor tends to annoy people so much that they want to kick her. In fact, in Episode 12, her own son slugged her a couple of times (albeit played for laughs). Later on, Sakura kicked her across the room when she reached her limit, and Ninomiya would had done the same if Sakura hadn't done so. Lastly, when Yayoi began to beat around the bush when questioned about her knowledge of Beyond the Boundary, Izumi stabbed her in the chest.

Wacky Parent, Serious Child: The Wacky Parent to Akihito's Serious Child, what with her always embarrassing him with her childish antics and revealing outfits.

What the Hell, Dad?: Uh, Yayoi, is dropping a pill that contains what amounts to being kryptonite for your son in front of a member of a Spirit World Warrior- a member of the Nase, no less- really such a great idea?

Sakura Inami

Voiced by: Moe Toyota

A member of the Inami family who has very little spiritual power, and must rely on a special weapon to fight Yomu rather than her own power. She can't remember who exactly gave it to her.

Cast from Hit Points: Her weapon becomes progressively more powerful as it's fed youmu stones, but requires more and more energy from its wielder. Eventually, the weapon will consume its wielder if the user can't supply it with enough energy.

Chainsaw Good: Her weapon has this function in close range combat, as seen when she slowly saws through Mirai's blood sword.

If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him: She is told to kill Mirai to fulfill a mission and partly to avenge Yui's death. But Mirai fights back during their second encounter, and defeats her completely, while also telling her that killing someone wasn't going to bring back Yui, nor would her sister have wanted her to go down this path. This manages to stop Sakura from wanting to seek vengeance.

I Just Want to Be Badass: Sakura has weak Spirit Warrior powers, unlike her sister Yui and Mirai. In an attempt to strengthen herself, she made a deal with Miroku. She would borrow a weapon that would increase in strength as it is fed youmu stones in exchange for killing Mirai.

Kick Chick: Is rather fond of kicks - in fact, she dropkicked Akihito in Episode 10 and sent his mother across the room two episodes later.

Lonely Rich Kid: Implied to be as much, as a member of the powerful Inami clan, moreso after her sister's death.

New Transfer Student: She transferred into Mirai's class so she could have more opportunities to kill her.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Akihito was possessed by the Hollow Shadow. Mirai would have been able to fight it without him getting involved if not for her pointless pursuit of murdering Mirai. Instead, Mirai was forced to stab him and spray him in her blood. Akihito's youmu instincts kicked and it wasn't pretty.

Sugar and Ice Personality: She's cold, calm and quiet by nature, but also a soft-hearted loving girl when you gain her trust.

Unwitting Pawn: To Miroku, who gave her the weapon and told her to feed it youmu to strengthen it. She was entirely unaware of his true objective with it however, and gave it enough power for him to continue his mission.

You Killed My Father: Subverted. Initially, it appeared Sakura is trying to avenge her sister Yui by killing Mirai, but really Sakura was trying to kill Mirai as part of a deal she made with Miroku.

Shizuku Ninomiya

A teacher at the school the main characters attend, she is a powerful Spirit Warrior with the ability to distort space. Unlike the primarily defense-based Nase clan members, her ability has many offensive uses.

Badass Teacher: Her Establishing Character Moment in the anime has her flying into a large youmu that attempted to attack Akihito and Mirai. After it runs away, she chases after it, and defeats it a short time later.

Berserk Button: DO NOT mention anything about marriage while around her.

He takes on Ayaka in her youmu form with minimal difficulty. Note that Ayaka is considered extremely powerful, on par with warriors of the Spirit Warrior Society. However, he fought her during the Calm, where Ayaka's powers were significantly weakened.

Expy: Of Yuuki Terumi. He's a Soft-Spoken Sadist who works for a seemingly benevolent organisation with a goal that revolves around obtaining an incredibly powerful force For the Evulz, who even happens to use attacks similar to Terumi's (however whereas Terumi uses snake chains, Miroku uses worm-like energy blasts). Luckily he's not a tenth as unpleasant as Terumi.

For the Evulz: Even after he loses his chance at obtaining Beyond the Boundary, he still goes out of his way to amplify its power in order to lessen Mirai's chances of defeating it from within and hinder everyone else's efforts to help her, simply because it "suits someone like him."

I Surrender, Suckers: Upon being defeated by Izumi and knowing that his plan can no longer succeed, he proceeds to blow himself up in a massive explosion.

Jerkass: He's callous, is not above murder, and is willing to do things that could potentially end the world seemingly For the Evulz.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She'd been planning Akihito's murder since before the first episode (though as the Episode 0 prologue revealed, she's been trying to have him dispatched for even longer). She was the one who sent Hiroomi to "subdue" him, which resulted in the scars on his back.

Broken Ace: She's one of the most powerful members of the cast, but that's only because of the youmu inside her.

Combat Pragmatist: She's been planning Akihito's murder for a very long time now because he's the host of the powerful Beyond the Boundary. This is primarily because the Society of Spirit World Warriors is also after him. She planned to have Mirai do all of the dirty work.

Easily Forgiven: She gets off pretty much scott-free after arranging Akihito's assassination and then convincing Mirai to sacrifice herself in order to achieve her ultimate goal of destroying the Beyond the Boundary—which, by the way, did not work. Justified in that her actions make a lot of sense when you look at things from a pure logical standpoint, and she's clearly not ecstatic about the job either.

I Did What I Had to Do: Her motivations for trying to kill Akihito had nothing to do with him, but everything to do with how it was the only way to defeat the Beyond the Boundary, a youmu capable of destroying the world that he was hosting. She's not exactly excited about this part of her job.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Remember how Akihito lost control of his youmu side and attacked Hiroomi? She was the one who told Hiroomi to do something that would set off his Youmu side in the first place. The incident nearly got her little brother killed and left Akihito severely traumatized.

Obviously Evil: She's stoic, reserved, elegant, distant to her little sister, focuses a lot on reputation, and stole the Hollow Shadow from Mirai. But subverted when it turns out she's actually the closest thing to a Big Good shown in the series yet.

Ayaka Shindou

Ayaka makes a business out of appraising youmu and paying Spirit World warriors for the crystals youmu leave behind. She's also one herself, but prefers her kimono-sporting, humanoid form over her kitsune one.

Badass: We see how powerful she is in the last episode, able to destroy at least dozens of average Youmu with one use of her Breath Weapon.

Barrier Warrior: Is also capable of setting up barriers like the Nase clan. When she and Hiroomi team up in Episode 4, it's her job to repair the cage Hiroomi keeps up.

The Worf Effect: For such a massive and powerful youmu, it went down rather quickly. The methods required to defeat it directly cause the emergence of Beyond the Boundary in Akihito again.

You Cannot Grasp the True Form: The huge shadow is actually the result of space being distorted around the actual youmu because of how powerful it is. Once the youmu is sufficiently weakened by Mirai, the shadow disappears and it's true form is revealed.

Beyond the Boundary/Kyoukai no Kanata

Beyond the Boundary/Kyoukai no Kanata

A youmu of inconceivable powers. Born of the negative feelings of countless humans, this massive entity has the power to destroy the world with ease.

Genre Savvy: It knows it becomes weaker during the Calm, so rather than stay and raze everything to the ground, it actually retreats when confronted in order to wait out the Calm.

Hell Is That Noise: A loud, booming sound that only Akihito can hear, presumably due to having harbored it.

Nigh Invulnerable: The only thing that could supposedly kill it was the blood of the Kuriyama clan. And while it was said blood that was capable of extracting it from Akihito, what stopped it in the end was being absorbed back into Akihito.

Reality Warper: Hoo boy. Whenever it manifests, strange phenonema abound. The ground becomes reflective, like looking upon a lake, and gains a strange tint. Youmu grow very active. When it was freed from Akihito, it created a new dimension and stayed there to save itself from death, then began to absorb the powers of spirit hunters and youmu alike in order to sustain itself. Its insides feature an almost exact copy of whatever it is reflecting, and it can be basically anywhere in it at once to attack.

Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Since before the show, it had been sealed inside of Akihito for an unknown amount of time, emerging whenever his human consciousness grew weak due to extreme amounts of physical damage. This youmu's mere presence was also responsible for Akihito being Nigh Invulnerable.

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